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Makaton
I’ve been interested in learning Makaton for some considerable time now but always struggled to find someone to teach me. Out of the blue I received an email from Karen who is a Makaton Regional tutor and I’ve just finished her 4 week foundation course. It’s been such good fun with a lovely group of people and I’ve been inspired to sign up for the follow on course in January.
At Cambusbarron we already use some Makaton (we always say and sign Good Morning) but I hope now to incorporate it more widely. I’ve already found it helpful as a reinforcement, when children see and hear a statement at the same time it is more likely to make an impact. I’ve been doing the Makaton Sign of the Week recently and now we are doing this as a group. We hope that parents will join in too!
November in-service days
Please remember that Thursday and Friday this week (23rd and 24th November) are “in-service” days and that Playgroup will be closed. Staff plan to be busy clearing out some cupboards and getting ready for Christmas!
No Act of Kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted – Aesop
Today at Playgroup we watched a story about a lion and a mouse (https://youtu.be/T9L9wuNelLA).
The lion was kind to the mouse and didnt eat him and the mouse remembered the kind lion and helped free him from a trap. We talked about some kind things we can do. At playgroup we can be kind by helping our friends and sharing our things. As it comes up to Christmas we intend to look more into being kind and into doing Christmas Kindnesses. Although Christmas is still quite a long way away we need to start making some things to use as our Christmas Kindnesses so today we started by making some bookmarks. Watch this space to see what we will do with them!
We are aiming to gain recognition as a Makaton Friendly playgroup. We already use Makaton during our sessions but we will also be taking part in the Makaton Sign of the Week. This week’s sign is Hello and we all practised saying and signing Hello (https://www.facebook.com/TheMakatonCharity/videos/1492887200766294/)
Our Children in Need Cake Sale
Thank you to everyone who came to our cake sale. We are pleased to say we raised over £50 for Children in Need
Children in Need – Friday November 17th 2017
A reminder that we will be having a small cake sale at the end of playgroup tomorrow (Friday November 17th @ approx 12:15) to raise funds for Children in Need. Children have been asked to come to playgroup wearing their jammies – we’ve been led to believe we are going to see some very special PJs 👍🏻👍🏻
Children in Need
We’re getting ready for our Children in Need cake sale on Friday (12:15 at the Community Centre) – Pudsey bear shortbread biscuits were in our oven today!
Butter
We made butter at Playgroup today, we spread it on our crumpets at snack time and it was very yummy
Becoming Independent
We like to be outside as much as we can at playgroup but getting 10+ young children dressed to go outside in a Scottish climate can be time consuming. Getting dressed and managing their own clothing is a skill we want to develop and encourage in our children. Consequently we’ve been practising getting our own jackets on when we go outside to play using this slip and flip technique. Lovely to see the satisfaction on our children’s faces when they can put their own jackets on.
Our New Website
Welcome to the new website for Cambusbarron Playgroup.
We are still under construction but please check back regularly to see how we are getting on
Cambusbarron Village Nursery 